Newark airport rail station to close overnight Saturday into Sunday

The rail station linking this and other Newark airport monorail stations to NJ Transit trains along the Northeast Corridor will be closed for maintenance overnight Saturday into Sunday. Tom KItts/Star-Ledger file photo

NEWARK — No taking the train to the plane in Newark for part of this weekend.

Electrical maintenance work on the AirTrain will close Newark Liberty International Airport’s Northeast Corridor Rail Station from 8 p.m. Saturday until 10 a.m. Sunday, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced.

The station links the Northeast Corridor line to Newark Liberty via the airport monorail system, allowing fliers to ride all the way to their terminal from countless PATH or NJ Transit train, bus or light rails stops in New Jersey and Manhattan, via a connection at Newark Penn Station.

NJ Transit and Amtrak trains on the Northeast Corridor line will simply bypass the station during those hours, the Port Authority said. However, bus service will be provided between Newark Penn Station and the airport’s three terminals to accommodate fliers seeking a mass transit option.

The Port Authority, which operates both AirTrain Newark and the rail station, said those Saturday-Sunday overnight hours are the station's least busy.

To accommodate fliers and airport employees, the Port Authority has arranged to have six dedicated NJ Transit buses travel between Newark Penn Station and Newark Liberty’s Terminals A, B and C while the airport rail station is closed, except from 2-5 a.m. on Sunday, when trains do not run.

Rail tickets or valid monthly passes between Newark Liberty International Airport and the passenger’s origin or destination station still will be required for travel on Amtrak and NJ Transit trains, and are needed to connect with substitute bus service at Newark Penn Station, the Port Authority said.